Pragmatism and Values. The Central European Pragmatist Forum. Volume One / edited by John Ryder and Emil Visnovský.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ryder, John, 1951- editor.

Višňovský, Emil, editor.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; Volume 152.

Value Inquiry Book Series ; Volume 152

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatism--Congresses.

Pragmatism.

Values--Congresses.

Values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Editions Rodopi B.V., [2004]

Summary:

The essays in this volume are from the First Conference of the Central European Pragmatist Forum, held in Slovakia in 2000. Written by prominent specialists in pragmatism and American philosophy from the United States and Europe, they survey contemporary thinking on classical and contemporary pragmatism, social and political theory, aesthetics, and the application of pragmatist thought in contemporary Europe.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

PRAGMATISM lN ITS CONTEXTS

ONE The Master Economies of Pragmatism

TWO American Philosophy in Post-Communist Europe

THREE Pragmatism and Our Cultural Identity

FOUR American Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism in Their Affinities with European Philosophical Hermeneutics

FIVE Chances for an Alliance Between Pragmatism and Feminism

SIX Wittgenstein and James: Pragmatism and Will

SEVEN Metaphors in Pragmatist Texts: What Can They Reveal About Their Values

EIGHT Expectations Which Have Not Materialised? The Track Record of Pragmatism Within Czech Culture

PRAGMATISM IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY

NINE The Centrality of Community to Democracy

TEN Rorty, Philosophy, and Social Hope

ELEVEN Pragmatism's Elusive Life-Enhancing Social Philosophy

TWELVE John Dewey and Moral Science

THIRTEEN Racialized Habits: Dewey on Race and the Roma

PRAGMATISM IN SCIENCES AND ARTS

FOURTEEN Rorty, Science and Meaning: The Dangers for Democracy

FIFTEEN The Double Binds in using Dewey's Epistemology to address Eco-Justice Issues

SIXTEEN The Pragmatist Strikes Back: Rorty, Derrida and the "Literary" Critique of Postmodernism

SEVENTEEN Abduction: A Bridge between Analytics and Hermeneutics

EIGHTEEN Hegel's Science of Logic vs. Carnap's Logic of Science: On the Conflict Between the Analytic and Dialectical Tradition in Philosophy

NINETEEN Dewey's Philosophy of Art as a Challenge for European Aesthetics

TWENTY Aesthetic Ethics: Self-Creation, Community and the Other

About the Editors and Contributors

Index

VIBS.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Ryder, John Pragmatism and Values

ISBN:

9789004495869

900449586X

OCLC:

1291315832